Kapusta said Webb, who appeared to be driving a Jeep Tracker, took off and began driving toward Cynthiana on U.S. 27.

Webb's vehicle caught fire during the pursuit, state police Sgt. Jeremy Murrell said. Police took Webb into custody when he was pulled over.

While police were arresting Webb, he told them he had killed a woman on New Lair Road in Cynthiana, Murrell said.

State police found the body of Bryia Runiewicz, 32, inside a single-family residence that sits on a hill surrounded by greenery at 1023 New Lair Road. Murrell said he didn't know how long she had been in the house.

Carol Banks, a neighbor and longtime friend of Runiewicz, said the victim's young children, two girls ages 8 and 7, were inside the house, but they did not see what happened to their mother and woke when police arrived. Murrell would not say whether anyone else was at the house.

Banks said Runiewicz's 8-year-old daughter returned a call to Banks' daughter, Tammy, 8, Friday afternoon to update them on what was happening.